Install pyCurl in ActivePython-2.6?

Question

I have worked with pyCurl in the past and have it working with my system default python install. However, I have a project that requires python to be more portable and I am using ActivePython-2.6.

I have had no problems installing any other modules so far, but am getting errors installing pyCurl. The error:

Searching for pycurl
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pycurl/
Reading http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/
Reading http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/download/
Best match: pycurl 7.19.0
Downloading http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/download/pycurl-7.19.0.tar.gz
Processing pycurl-7.19.0.tar.gz
Running pycurl-7.19.0/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-tfVLW6/pycurl-7.19.0/egg-dist-tmp-p1WjAy
sh: curl-config: not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/bin/easy_install", line 8, in <module>
    load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c9', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')()
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1671, in main
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1659, in with_ei_usage
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1675, in <lambda>
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 975, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 211, in run
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 446, in easy_install
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 476, in install_item
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 655, in install_eggs
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 930, in build_and_install
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 919, in run_setup
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 27, in run_setup
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 63, in run
  File "/opt/ActivePython-2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 29, in <lambda>
  File "setup.py", line 90, in <module>
Exception: `curl-config' not found -- please install the libcurl development files

My system does have libcurl installed, but ActivePython doesn't seem to find it.

Any ideas will help!

Answer 1

It looks like curl-config isn't in your path. Try running it from the command line and adjust the PATH environment variable as needed so that Python can find it.

Answer 2

I couldn't find a curl-config to add to the path, which makes sense as it's not a module that can be called (as far as I can tell)

The answer ended up being a bit of a hack, but it works.

As I had pyCurl working in my native python2.6 install, I simply copied the curl and pycurl items from the native install into the ActivePython install.

Answer 3

$ apt-cache depends python-pycurl
python-pycurl
  Depends: libc6
  Depends: libcurl3-gnutls
  Depends: libgnutls26
  Depends: libidn11
  Depends: libkrb53
  Depends: libldap-2.4-2
  Depends: zlib1g
  Depends: python
  Depends: python
  Depends: python-central
[...]

So first install the dependencies via sudo aptitude install libcurl3-gnutls (or the package manager of your distribution) and then run easy_install pycurl.